§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) pursuant to his answer of 24 February,Official Report, column 333, if he will list how each driving test centre in the United Kingdom scored on the criteria listed as marked A to D in the chief executive's reply;
(2) if he will list by driving test centre the number of driving tests conducted during 1993;
(3) if he will list the driving test centres that are being considered for closure by the Driving Standards Agency.
§ Mr. KeyResponsibility for the subject of these questions has been delegated to the Driving Standards Agency under its chief executive, Dr. S. J. Ford. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. An annex of figures on total tests conducted by region will be placed in the Library.
Letter from John Ford to Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody, dated 20 June 1994:
Driving Standards AgencyThe Secretary of State has asked me to reply to the questions you raised about certain of DSA's operations.PQ 2552/93/94You asked about the driving test centres currently being considered for closure.Although the Agency will continue to keep its estate under review, there are no driving test centres, in addition to the 22 announced recently, that are currently being considered for closure.PQ 2596/93/94699WYou also asked by driving test centre for the number of tests conducted during 1993.The figures are in the attached annex for the second half of the year, the first being for car tests and the second for LGV/PCV. Because of changes in the way statistics were compiled, the information for the last six months of 1993 is more readily available. Those tests conducted at occasional centres are included in the those for the main centre. I hope this will be satisfactory.PQ 2560/93/94Finally, you asked, pursuant to Mr. Key's reply of 24 February to Mr. Brian Donohoe, Official Report, column 333, about how each driving test centre in the United Kingdom scored on the criterion I listed as marked A to D in my reply.In reviewing its test centre estate, the Agency did not score each and every test centre individually against the criteria quoted in my reply of 24 February. Centres were identified for consideration against the criteria based upon the experience of our Regional staff.